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Marsyas of Pella

400 BC - 360 BC

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Marsyas of Pella (Ancient Greek: Μαρσύας Περιάνδρου Πελλαῖος; c. 356 BC – c. 294 BC), son of Periander, was a Greek historian. According to the Suda Encyclopedia, he was a brother of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, who was afterwards king of Asia, by which an uterine brother alone can be meant, as the father of Antigonus was named Philip. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marsyas of Pella is the 313th most popular historian (down from 306th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from Greece (down from 622nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Greek Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Marsyas of Pella ranks 313 out of 561Before him are Charles Barbier de Meynard, Émile Mâle, Yehuda Bauer, Walter Laqueur, Vakhushti of Kartli, and Jean-Baptiste Du Halde. After him are Jacob Theodor Klein, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Christopher Hill, Malchus, and Ludwig von Pastor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Marsyas of Pella ranks 103Before him are Deidamia I of Epirus, Taxiles, Meleager, Orontes III, Cephisodotus the Younger, and Anniceris. After him are Alexander of Lyncestis, Attalus, Publius Decius Mus, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, Kidinnu, and Leosthenes. Among people deceased in 360 BC, Marsyas of Pella ranks 24Before him are Antiphilus, Leontion, Laomedon of Mytilene, Phaenias of Eresus, Taxiles, and Anniceris. After him are Arrhidaeus, Aristides of Thebes, Stasanor, Cotys I, Sibyrtius, and Philotas.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Marsyas of Pella ranks 628 out of 1,024Before him are Agasicles (-600), Dora Bakoyannis (1954), Tilemachos Karakalos (1866), Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), Cephisodotus the Younger (-400), and Megabates (-600). After him are Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), Xenophon Zolotas (1904), Joachim IV of Constantinople (1837), Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904), Eudamidas II (-350), and Teleclus (null).

Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Marsyas of Pella ranks 11Before him are Callisthenes (-360), Theopompus (-400), Michael Glykas (1125), Afet İnan (1908), Krste Misirkov (1874), and Philochorus (-340). After him are Leo Allatius (1586), Helene Ahrweiler (1926), and Robert Kagan (1958).